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Published Online: November 1966

Experience with the Logotherapeutic Technique of Paradoxical Intention in the Treatment of Phobic and Obsessive-Compulsive Patients

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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The author reports that of 51 patients treated during a six-year period by the logotherapeutic technique of paradoxical intention (which he describes, citing case histories), almost 90 percent recovered or made considerable improvement. He notes that the technique is intended to supplement dynamic therapy, not replace it; drugs are also often used.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 548 - 553
PubMed: 5921663

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Published in print: November 1966
Published online: 1 April 2006

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HANS O. GERZ
Alt Pempelfort 3, Düsseldorf, West Germany

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